Key to the City Presented as Charleston Senators Parade
Hemsley receives the key to the city from Mayor Copenhaver as The Gazette's Frank A. Knight watches. The Charleston Senators arrive by parade route along Summers Street and head to the Daniel Boone Hotel for temporary quarters. Players pictured include Russ Kerns Stan Rojek Leo Righetti Fred Taylor and Mike Vakemire with Little League and Stonewall Jackson High School bands leading the procession.
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Hemsley
Copenhaver
Frank A. Knight
The
Gazette
Russ Kerns
Stan Rojek
Leo Righetti
Fred ‘Taylor
Gryere
Eng Embree
Mike Vakemire
Little League
Stonewall Jackson High School
Kanawha Civil Defense Director Quits Health Forces Change
Hank Diefenbach named new Kanawha County Civil Defense director amid ill health of the prior appointee. The Alert America Convoy opens with 1 p.m. sessions at the Armory and public exhibits on atomic energy use. Sheriff Carson Richards presides as mayoral and governor’s office representatives attend opening ceremonies.
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Department of Public Assistance
Civil - Defense Organization
Hank) Diefenbach
America
South Charleston
Kanawha County
Army Reserve Armory
Carson Richards
Richards
Civil Defense Council
Ga Eienbash
Als Ig
Seaspen
West Virginia Safety Council
Kanawha Valley
Charleston Park
Plorer
Slingshot-Wielder Held by Police
A juvenile, among seven arrested in four days, is charged with destroying property worth over 75 dollars using a self-loading slingshot. Others face charges for false alarm, burglary, larceny, and car theft linked to incidents across Charleston. Authorities cite multiple youths ages 11 to 16 in connection with the alleged crimes.
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Frank Riddle
Charleston
Maxwell St
Scone
Honeycutt Grocery
Sixth Av
Florida St
Stonewall Jackson High School
Thursay
On & Kroger Co
Poorhouse Costs Rise as Inmates Asked to Pay More
Philadelphia Home for the Indigent asks all inmates who can afford it to pay ten dollars more per month to cover rising costs. The move increases the financial burden on residents staying at the facility.
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Poorhouse
Philadelphia
Mrs Mosby Attends National Fine Arts Sorority Parley
Mrs James A Mosby of Elasty South Charleston attends the national convention of Phi Beta Kappa Fine Arts Sorority in Minneapolis Minnesota running today through Monday. She presides Beta Kappa Chapter and heads the expansion committee reporting on progress. Hyla Lehman of Cedar Rapids Iowa is national president and Nancy Mulligan of Montgomery West Virginia Institute of Technology appears on the Fine Artists recital program tonight.
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James A. Mosoy
Elasty
South Charleston
Phi
Minneapolis
Minn
Mosby
Beta Kappa Chapter
Charleston
Hyla Lehman
Cedar Rapids
Nancy Mulligan
Montgomery
Kappa Chapter
West Virginia Institute of Technology
Fine Artists
West Virginia Rehabilitation Conference Opens July 7
The annual West Virginia Rehabilitation Conference starts July 7 at Jackson's Mill with the theme Working Together for the Disabled. State Rehabilitation Director F Ray Power notes five days of sessions on the chronically handicapped and disabled by chronic diseases, plus centers and community planning. About 109 professionals are expected. Dr Leonard Elstad of Gallaudet College will speak at the banquet on July 16.
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West Virginia
Jackson's Mill
F. Ray Power
Leonard Elstad
Gallaudet College
Washington, D. C
Beckley Man Named Officer in U S Jaycee
Hulett C. Smith of Beckley West Virginia was elected vice president and Horace E. Henderson of William Burg Virginia was elected president at the U S junior Chamber convention in Dallas.
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Beckley
U.S. Jaycee Dallas
Fex
UNS
Hulett C. Smith
W. Va
Horace E. Henderson
Willians
U. S. Dunior Chamber of Commerce
Burg
Vau
Watts Gains Ten Votes In Pet 143 During Ka Nawha Primary
J Blackburn Watts extended his push lead by 16 votes as Ka Nawha County Democratic primary recount continued. Wattle led Edward W Hiserman by 37 for prosecuting attorney. adjournment timed for Charleston parade attendance. Recount in Precinct 143 Grandview School showed Watts 56 to Hiserman 67 after a prior 73 to 67 split. Recount to resume at 9:40 a m with half day to follow.
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J. Blackburn Watts
Kanawha
Wattle
Edward W. Hiserman
Charleston
Senators
Watts
Grandview School
Hiserman
Hill District
Sadie Mellon
Mary Henshaw
Blakeley School
Woman jailed on lottery count in Charleston
Alice Guilford aged 42 of 708 Elle Street was sentenced to six months in Kanawha County jail and fined $200 in Intermediate Court after pleading guilty to a numbers charge. The case followed a city wide drive by the vice squad that raided venues linked to a multi state numbers syndicate.
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Alice Guilford
Elle St
Kanawha
Charleston
Dallas Bias
State House
Dryden St
Bias
Bernard Bilis
Patrick St
Ellis
Seanford Fairchild
Pennsylvania Ave
Guilford
$75,000 suit filed for girl who lost her arm
Brenda Juan Kinder, age four, of Davis Creek, seeks $75,000 from Midwest Steel Corp. of Charleston in Common Pleas Court alleging negligence caused permanent disability after a June 10 crash on Dryden Street. A Midwest Steel truck struck a car, tearing the girl’s right arm from its socket. her six-year-old brother Ray was lightly injured.
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Midwest Steel Corp
Charleston
Common Pleas
Roy Kinder
Davis Creex
Brenda Juan Kinder
Steel
Steel Corporation
Brenda Jear
Dryden St
Summers St
Ray
West Virginia courts urged for faster action on injunction case
Charleston attorney Martin Bowles says a West Virginia court could move quicker than Ohio to resolve the injunction dispute over the Toledo baseball franchise transfer. He cites potential financial losses and a low bond on the temporary injunction as factors.
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West Virginia
Charleston
Pusuipally
Menendez
Water Rate Hike Approved by PSC for New Martinsville
The Public Service Commission approved a 30 percent water rate increase for New Martinsville, first since 1905, effective July 1. A $1.60 quarterly meter charge remains, with nonmetered rates from 20 cents to 13 dollars per thousand gallons, to fund system improvements and curb expected annual losses.
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PSC
New Martinsville
Public Service Commission
Wetzel County
Eal
Arrest Corruption At Top Holt Urges
Rush D Holt, Republican candidate for governor, told Barbour County Republican women that state machine corruption reaches local government. He accused the Democratic state organization of invading local offices, using a slush fund to back candidates from constable to sheriff, and controlling counties with state patronage and a flower fund. He urged defeating the machine at the state level where funding originates.
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Philippi
W. Va
Rush D. Holt
Barbour County
Holt
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Soma
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